BUENOS AIRES – Roger Federer was right, he is right: Joao Fonseca may have the sky as his limit, as the Swiss said, but that will only come when the Brazilian finds balance in his game and in his matches.
MELBOURNE – Roger Federer’s visit to Australia confirmed that the Swiss remains the figure who sparks the greatest passion in tennis. And despite having been retired for 837 days, he showed on court that plenty of quality is still there.
MELBOURNE – He retired in 2022, and just a few months ago he found himself imagining being a professional tennis player again. Roger Federer revealed that he has put himself in the shoes of Carlos Alcaraz and Grigor Dimitrov to
MELBOURNE – Roger Federer has a clear recipe for Joao Fonseca to take the next step: patience and timing to unleash his full power. “Joao is a little bit like me, and also similar to Jannik (Sinner), in the sense
Andy Murray plays golf every day after dropping his children off at kindergarten; Jimmy Connors, at 73, does it six times a week; and Carlos Alcaraz picks up the clubs whenever he can — even during Grand Slams. The last
For an Indian tennis legend like Vijay Amritraj, the Eurocentric vision within a sport he describes as the most popular in the world after football is troubling. “We need tournaments in Asia, Africa, South America; this is not a European
SÃO PAULO – Roberta Fonseca radiates happiness. She can’t contain her joy as she watches her son hold the most important trophy of his young career. While they take the family photo on court, she kisses her child Joao. Joao
Having a night out with friends at 21, flirting with girls, but under no circumstances telling them you’re a professional tennis player. “If they don’t know I’m a tennis player, I never say it. Otherwise, girls will like me for
SÃO PAULO – There was a time when Roger Federer‘s coach was looking for tennis players to practise with the Swiss player and the response he received was a resounding ‘no’. ‘Peter Lundgren, Federer’s coach, asked us to play with
Among all the positives of the Laver Cup, the downside is the lie. The organisers, the broadcasters, even the ATP, mislead every time they call it a tournament, when in truth it is nothing more than an exhibition: players don’t
Roger Federer used to hide his crutches when posing for photos. His knee was in terrible shape and in 2021 had him on the brink of retirement, but the world didn’t need to know he was struggling to walk. Very
NEW YORK – On Friday afternoon, September 5, 2025, Novak Djokovic extended yet another of his records: the oldest player to play the semifinals at all four Grand Slams in a single year. It was the seventh time in his
